A positive integer pair 
, is called an "almost twin prime pair", if one of the pair is a prime and the other is either a prime or a semiprime. A semiprime is a natural number that is a product of only two and exactly two (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers (e.g. 4, 6, 9, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
...).
, is called an "almost twin prime pair", if one of the pair is a prime and the other is either a prime or a semiprime. A semiprime is a natural number that is a product of only two and exactly two (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers (e.g. 4, 6, 9, , , , , , ...).Listed below are all almost twin prime pairs with no element greater than 
:
:
Our task in this exercise is, to create a function that counts the number of almost twin prime pairs whose elements are less than or equal to a given limit 
Therefore for 
, our function should return 
.
Therefore for , our function should return .Solution Stats
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